Folding couch-bed



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FOLDING COUCH BED. No. 330,479. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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RE. HAMMER.

FOLDING 0011011 BED. No. 330,479. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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FOLDING COUCH BED.

J a m H n M m H WM W 0 :m N i MP? r Q m? L 1 n m a M P v m I m :flw W w w Q 3 W NITED STATES ROBERT E. HAMMER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING COUCH-BED.

$PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,479, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed June 2, 1884. Serial No.133,491. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT E. HAMMER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Folding Couch-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of improvements, fully described and claimed hereinafter, in that class of couch-beds which can be folded into a lounge or sofa, ,the improvements comprising the method of constructing and hanging the folding bottom of thecouch and the folding head of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a perspective view of the frame of my improved couch-bed, showing the same folded so as to form a lounge; Fig. 2, the same, showing the frame extended to form the bed; Fig. 3, Sheet 2, a longitudinal section of Fig. 1, on a larger scale; Fig. 4, a similar section of Fig. 2; Figs. 5, 6, and 7, Sheet 3, end views of the frame, showing the movable portion of the same in different positions; and Fig. 8, a view of the hinge whereby one portion of the movable frame is hung to the fixed frame.

The main frame of the bed comprises three partsnamely, the fixed frame A, movable frame B, and swinging bottom frame,D. The frame A is provided with feet a at the corners, in the same manner as the frame of an ordinary sofa, and the movable frame has feet I) at the rear, said frame consisting of end bars at and longitudinal slats d, and the end bars being hung to the ends of the frame A by links E, which, however, are not absolutely necessary, as the frame B can be guided and supported wholly by the hand, if desired. The frame D is likewise composed of end bars f and longitudinal slats f, and one edge of said frame is hung by hinges e to the front edge of the frame B. The frame D is centrally pivoted to the ends of the frame A, and when theparts are in the folded position shown in Figs. 1. 3, and 5 said frame D is bottom upward and lies beneath the frame B and within the limits of the frame A; but as the frame B is raised and moved rearward, as shown in Fig. 6, the frame D swings on its pivot until the frame B is moved completely over and rests on its feet b,when the frame D will have been completely reversed and will form a continuation of the frame B, as shown in Fig. 7. When the frame A is high enough, the frame D may have a fixed pivot; but as the height of the frame A will generally be less than half the width of the frame D, I use at each end of said frame D the pivoting device shown in Figs. 5 to 8. This device consists of a plate, 9, secured to the frame A, and having a slot, h, to which is adapted a pin, i, on a plate, is, secured to the end bar of the frame D. The plates 9 and k are connected by a link, m, which, when the bed is folded, occupies the position shown in Fig. 5; but as the frame D is lifted and turned on its pivot this link is caused to swing around in the direction of the arrow, thus gradually raising the frame and its pivot, the parts reaching the highest point at the mid-position, as in Fig. 6, and being then gradually lowered until they reach the position shown in Fig. 7. On folding the bed the link in swings in the reverse direction, the effect of lifting the pivot and pivot-pin, however, being the same and insuring the swinging of the frame clear of the floor.

The frame B has at one end arms G, forming the head of the lounge or sofa, and to projections H on the frame A are hung other arms,J,which,when the bed is folded,asin Fig. 1, are turned down so as to lie out of the way beneath the arms G, but when the frame B is extended are turned up so as to form part of the head of the bed, as in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the fixed frame A, the movable frame B, theframe D, connected to the edge of the frame B, and the link m, carrying said frame D and hung to the frame A, as set forth.

2. The combination of the fixed frame A, the movable frame B, links F, whereby said frame is hung to the frame A, and the frame D, centrally pivoted to the frame A, and connected to the edge of the frame B, as set forth.

3. The combination of the frames A and D with the pivotal connection, comprising the slotted plate 9, pin 6, and connecting-link m, as set forth.

4. The combination of the fixed frame A, having at its end projections H, the movable frame B, having at ihe'end a projecting head- In testimony whereofI have signed my name frame, G, and the head-frame J, hung to the to this specification in the presence of two snb project-ions H, whereby it can be folded bescribing witnesses.

neath the head-frame G when the frame B is ROBERT E. HAMMER. 5 moved over the frame A, or can be turned up Witnesses:

so as to form an extension of said frame G JOHN M. CLAYTON,

when the freme B is drawn out, as set forth. HARRY SMITH. 

